BEATLES FOR SALE I'm A LOSSER mispress UK LP Y&B STEREO

	£		173
	$		229

Beatles For Sale - UK original Yellow and Black Label

VERY RARE LABEL MISPRESS AS DETAILED IN RECORD COLLECTOR

ON OFFER HERE IS THE VERY HARD TO FIND STEREO PRESSING OF THE BEATLES FOR SALE LP

CATALOGUE NUMBER PCS 3062, ON THE PARLOPHONE BLACK AND YELLOW LABEL.

FOR BEATLES COLLECTORS WHO NEED TO HAVE IT ALL, THEN COLLECTING MISPRESSES IS AS IMPORTANT AS HAVING THE FIRST PRESSINGS. PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE RECOGNISED MISPRESSINGS AS PER THE RECORD COLLECTOR GUIDE BOOK.

THIS PARTICULAR MISSPRESS ONLY AFFECTED THE 1965 2ND PRESSING IN STEREO. MONO COPIES WERE NOT REPRESSED AT THIS TIME.

A VERY SMALL BATCH OF LABELS WERE PRESSED WITH THE TITLE OF THE SECOND TRACK ON SIDE ONE AS I'M A LOSSER, INSTEAD OF I'M A LOSER. NATURALLY THIS MISTAKE WAS QUICKLY SPOTTED AND THE CORRECT LABELS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ISSUED.

THE RECORD SLEEVE

THE COVER THAT COMES WITH THIS RECORD IS PROBABLY THE ONE BEATLES COVER THAT SUFFERS THE MOST DAMAGE AS IT WAS A VERY POOR DESIGN. THIS COVER IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION AND HERE IS THE REASON WHY.

IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CREASES ON THE FRONT AT ALL. THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL AS THIS THIN FLAP LIKE COVER IS VERY PRONE TO BENDING AND CREASING, BUT HERE WE HAVE A NEAR PRISTINE EXAMPLE. VERY RARELY DO YOU SEE A BEATLES FOR SALE COVER IN SUCH FINE CONDITION. OPENING THE FLAP REVEALS THE BLACK AND WHITE PITURE OF THE BAND LIVE ON STAGE, A MONTAGE OF IMAGES, AND THE TRACK LISTING. WHAT NORMALLY HAPENS TO THIS IS THAT THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SPINE TEARS DOWN, BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY THIS, IT IS THAT THE SLEEVE WAS DEISIGNED SO THAT THE RECORD SLIDES INTO THE SLEEVE FROM THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD AND NOT THE OUTSIDE EDGE. THIS MEANT THAT IF THE RECORD WAS NOT FIRMLY IN PLACE THEN CLOSING THE FRONT FLAP WOULD CAUSE THE RECORD TO BE FORCED UP AGAINST THE INNER SPINE, WHICH USUALLT RESULTED IN TORN SPINES. THIS ONE SHOWN NO TEARS AT ALL TO THE SPINE, TOP OR BOTTOM. THE OTHER THING THIS COVER IS REKNOWNED FOR IS LAMINATE FLAKING AROUND THE SPINE, FOR THE SAME REASONS I GAVE PREVIOUSLY. AGAIN THIS SLEEVE SHOWN NO SIGNS OF LAMINATE FLAKE AT ALL. THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE AGAIN HAS NO CREASES. THE ONLY MINOR BLEMISH IS A SEMI CIRCULAR LIFT LINE. WHERE THE LAMINATE HAS NOT FIRMLY SYUCK IN PLACE, BUT THIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY ANYONE MISSHANDLING THE COVER. I WOULD EASILY GRADE THIS SLEEVE NM. INCIDENATALLY IT IS THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE WITH THE STEREO WORD OUTLINED,

THE RECORD LABELS

EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLES OF THE YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS. NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR AT ALL, WHICH INDICATES THAT THE LP HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED ON A RECORD PLAYER WITH AN AUTOCHANGER, AND THAT IT HAS BEEN CAREFULLY HANDLED. I CAN MAKE OUT A FEW SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE, AND AGAIN THIS TELLS ME THAT THE RECORD HAS ONLY HAD A FEW PLAYS IN ITS 39 YEAR HISTORY. THE LABELS ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN AND SHOW NO SIGNS OF ANY MISUSE THROUGH WRITING OR STICKERS ETC, AND THE TYPEFACE IS SHARP AND CLEAR

THE RECORD ITSELF

VISUALLY THE LP LOOKS FANTASTIC. A VERY GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE VINYL WHICH HAS THAT "AS NEW" LOOK. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT HANDLING MARKS ON THE SURFACE , BUT THESE ARE SUPERFICIAL .

I ALWAYS PLAY EVERY LP I SELL FOR TWO REASONS. FIRSTLY TO BE ABLE TO ACCURATELY DESRIBE THE AUDIO PERFORMANCE OF THE VINYL, AND SECONDLY I JUST LOVE LISTENING TO GREAT MUSIC. CERTAINLY BEATLES FOR SALE IS FULL OF SUCH GREAT MUSIC. NO REPLY IS THE OPENING TRACK WHICH FOLLOWS A NEAR SILENT RUN IN GROOVE. IT NEVER CEASES TO AMZE ME THAT THE EARLY BEATLES ALBUMS HAVE THE MOST AMAZING PRODUCTION, AND PROVIDED THE VINYL IS IN THE RIGHT CONDITION, THEY JUST SOUND FANTASTIC. THE BEATLES IS ONE BAND THAT COLLECTORS MUST OWN BOTH THE MONO AND STEREO COPIES OF THE ALBUMS AS THE MIX IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE COPIES.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PRESSINGS OF THIS LP AND THEY ARE:-

Mono/Stereo Differences

IN ADDITION THE STEREO MIX SOUNDS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OF YOUR HI-FI

CLASSIC BEATLES RECORDINGS IN ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITAR SUCH AS EIGHT DAYS A WEEK, BUDDY HOLLY'S WORDS OF LOVE, CHUCK BERRY'S ROCK N ROLL MUSIC ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT IS A SUPERB LP.

THE ONE THING I WILL ALWAYS DO WHEN PLAYING AN LP FOR THE FIRST TIME IS TO PUSH THE VOLUME RIGH UP, THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT ANY LP WITH WORN GROOVES WILL SOUND AWFUL AT HIGH VOLUME AS THE STYLUS MIVES ABOUT IN THE WORN GROOVE. THIS LP PASSES THE TEST WITH FLYING COLOURS, AND IT IS NOW I CAN TRULY SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THIS HAS BEEN VERY WELL CARED FOR. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LIGHT POPS HERE AND THERE BUT NOTHING DETREMENTAL TO THE SOUND QUALITY AND CLARITY.

I WOULD HAPPILY GRADE THIS LP AS A NM AUDIO QUALITY.

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, AS FULL A DESRIPTION AS I CAN GIVE OF A VERY RARE BEATLES PRESSING. AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR COMPLETISTS, AND A GREAT CHANCE TO GET THIS HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE PRESSING IN STUNNING CONDITION